A small number of Egyptians might had mixed with some local West Africans and the origin story of that group got b*stardized through a game of telephone. That's the most likely scenario of these links. But to say that they made up a significant amount of the culture and genetic heritage is just dumb imo. The ancient Greeks/Macedonians reached India and some of the elite and soldiers mixed with some South Asians but to say that most South Asians have Greek ancestry and anything more than 2-3% is hilarious.
Same thing to the Germans who invaded North Africa during the fall of the Roman Empire
Or the Crusader knights who came to the Levant
I 100 percent agree with this as the most likely answer, people dont realize that these ancient empires all had some links to each other and all did trade similar to today. Chinese Jade and Roman coins have been found in parts of Nigeria and the Horn of Africa, that doesnt mean that some Nigerians and Somalis are part Italian and Han Chinese now
The average Spaniard from Europe has 2 to 5 percent sub Saharan African dna, are we gonna welcome them to the diaspora with open arms even though they have direct links to the Moors and ancient Carthage 






